Is A Thumper Better Than A Pot Still? - Distilling Duel: Thumper vs. Pot Still

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Do you need a Thumper for distilling? Today, we're pitting a pot still against a Thumper to see if we're going to get more flavor and smoothness from a Thumper moonshine still. Pot stills and Thumpers are great for flavor. The pot still is a single pass to make a flavorful whiskey or moonshine. The Thumper actually does this twice using the double boiler setup. How much more flavor and smoothness will we get with the Thumper over the pot still? Find out in this week's video.
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[@GorillaGlueEnthusiast]

Pot still for stripping run then add thumper for spirit/ infusion run. I dont add anything to the thumper until the heads have passed then "shoot the barrel" with whatever flavor infusion you want! The heads will strip most of the flavors from your infusion if you start with them in the thumper.

[@garrymcgaw4745]

Great Duel Boo, I love all your content thank you for taking the time to put these videos together for us. 👍.

[@milehidistilling1]

Thanks you my mans! I'm glad you enjoyed!

[@OVRCOME]

Thumpers will keep the proof up longer then a big crash. But in my mind it keeps you in the hearts longer. Plus because of the higher proof once it’s proofed down you get more product. Also the thumper is a double distillation so it’s a little smoother but you lose a little flavor. If you want 100% flavor. Keep the pot still. If you want proof and smoothness go with a thumper.

[@milehidistilling1]

Hard agree!

[@skyhookspirits]

Right off they are not equal. The thumper should have the wash in it instead of Agave nectar. The Agave will pass flavor which makes the experiment unequal.

[@milehidistilling1]

I debated for a very long time prior to this video on whether this was considered "cheating" or not.and ultimately I decided no. I'm just using the Thumper how it's meant to be used. I did have the wash in there, just added about half a gallon of fresh agave with it. I don't think I'd see much change at all in the experiment whether I used it or not, so don't feel it changes results much, but to each their own.

[@skyhookspirits]

@@milehidistilling1 It is best to charge the thumper with the same wash you are distilling. The wash has some alcohol from the fermentation so this is better to use in the thumper.

[@milehidistilling1]

@@skyhookspirits Right, I showed that I did do that in the video.